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University of Maryland Dept of I/C Athletics
 XFINITY Center - 8500 Paint Branch Dr. College Park, MD 20741
Division 1 Maryland Northeast
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Meghan Ryan Nemzer

In year two as head coach, Nemzer coached the squad to another quality season. Maryland won three consecutive games before the start of conference play, becoming the first time since 2017 that the team had won three consecutive games since 2017. Nemzer helped lead the defense to six clean sheets on the season, with goalkeeper Liz Beardsley in goal for all six. It marked the first time since 2015 that a Terrapins goalkeeper had six or more shutouts in a season since 2014. Defender Kennedy Bell received Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors, becoming the first Terrapin to be named to the conference's all-freshman team since the program moved to the conference in 2014.

A Maryland native, 2021 Big Ten Champion and National Semifinalist Meghan Ryan Nemzer was named the new head coach of the Maryland women's soccer program by Barry P. Gossett Director of Athletics Damon Evans on December 10, 2021.


Nemzer, a native of Crofton, Maryland, who graduated from St. Mary's High School in Annapolis returned to her home state after spending the last 14 years on the coaching staff at her alma mater, Rutgers University.


In her first year at the helm of the program, Nemzer led the Terps to a 4-8-5 overall record. Maryland finished with three wins in Big Ten play, the most since 2019. Of those three wins, Nemzer led the team to the first-ever program victory over Michigan in the Big Ten opener, along with recording the first ever back-to-back road conference wins since the program joined the Big Ten in 2014.


Nemzer spent eight seasons as Rutgers' Associate Head Coach between 2014-21, helping the Scarlet Knights to the 2021 College Cup, which they played in last weekend, and a final ranking of No. 3 in the nation. Rutgers captured the 2021 Big Ten Championship, going undefeated in conference play (10-0) and posting an overall record of 19-4-2.


This past season, the Scarlet Knights earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on the way to the College Cup, where they dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to eventual champion Florida State. With Nemzer, Rutgers earned bids in the last 10 NCAA Tournaments and 12 times in her 14 years on staff with two NCAA College Cup appearances. In 2021, the Scarlet Knights posted the first undefeated season in Big Ten conference play since 2005.


Nemzer was part of the 2021 North Region Staff of the Year, led by head coach Mike O'Neill. In 2018, she was named one of the Top 5 Associate/Assistant Coaches in the NCAA by Top Drawer Soccer.


Over the last 14 years with Nemzer on staff, Rutgers posted 12 seasons with double-figure victories. Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2014, the Scarlet Knights have a 111-32-29 overall record for a 73 percent winning percentage, the second-best record among all Big Ten schools during that time. In Big Ten games, they compiled a record of 56-15-18, also for a 73 percent winning percentage. The 15 conference losses are the fewest by any Big Ten team since 2014.


Throughout Nemzer's coaching tenure with the Scarlet Knights, the program has produced eight MAC Hermann Trophy candidate selections, 13 United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) All-American selections, 35 United Soccer Coaches All-Region honorees, 34 All-Big Ten selections, including 14 first-team honorees.


This season, Rutgers had two semifinalists (Gabby Provenzano and Frankie Tagliaferri) for the MAC Hermann Trophy and has had a semifinalist for the National Player of the Year award for three straight seasons and fourth in the last five years - Amirah Ali (2020), Amirah Ali (2019), Casey Murphy (2017).


Rutgers also earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2020-21 season, marking the 11th consecutive year the Scarlet Knights have been awarded.


With Nemzer as the orchestrator of the RU defense, the Scarlet Knights have not posted a goals-against average higher than 1.06 in Nemzer's coaching career (since 2008), 10 times recording a GAA under 1.00 and nine times posting a GAA under 0.68 – including the College Cup season of 2021.


Under Nemzer's guidance, eight Scarlet Knights went on to play professional soccer over the last six seasons with six being drafted into the NWSL.


On the club level, Nemzer has excelled with Players Development Academy (PDA) as the head coach of PDA the Arsenal and assistant coach of the PDA Slammers. Nemzer coached the Arsenal to a 2015 U17 ECNL National Championship, and has won two other ECNL national titles as an assistant with the Slammers (2014, 2013). She was the first female head coach in ECNL history to win a national championship.


As head of the Arsenal, Nemzer has guided the club to continued success. The Arsenal finished 2016 third at the U-18 ECNL National Championships, capturing the ECNL Northeast Conference title. The team ended the 2014 season in first place in the ECNL Northeast Division en route to a No. 5 national ranking. In 2012, Nemzer coached the Arsenal to the No. 2 spot in the nation and won the ECNL Northeast Conference U14 Championship. The squad finished third at nationals that year.


Nemzer served as a co-captain for the Scarlet Knights for three consecutive seasons (2005-07), starting with her sophomore year. After an injury caused her to miss her freshman campaign, she started 67 of 75 games through the rest of her career. Nemzer was a key figure on a defense that allowed 0.85 goals per match in 2004 and boasted a 0.88 goals-against average in 2005. That season the team post clean sheets against eight opponents. In 2006 Nemzer anchored a defense that was arguably one of the best in the country. The team finished 16-3-4, allowing a mere six goals and posting 16 shutouts, the most in the program's history.


Nemzer was a two-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star, a three-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Defensive Player of the Week and a SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week honoree once. After her junior year, she was named Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region by SoccerBuzz magazine in 2006, and after her senior year in 2007, she was given an All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention.


She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Rutgers in 2008.


Meghan and her husband, Joe Nemzer, welcomed their daughter, Bethany, in September 2020.

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Michael Marchiano

As assistant coach, Marchiano will be responsible for day-to-day operations for training and scouting for the Terrapins. In addition, Marchiano will play a key role in identifying top talents to help boost the recruiting efforts for the Terps.


Marchiano was previously the head coach of the Drexel Dragons men’s soccer team from 2020-22, becoming the first coach since the 1980's to maintain a winning record. In his first season as head coach, Marchiano guided the Dragons to a 6-3-2 record and their first conference tournament appearance in seven seasons. In each of his three seasons in University City, the Dragons as CAA Semi-Finalists. It was the first time in program history that Drexel qualified for three consecutive CAA Tournament appearances, and their first berth since 2013. Marchiano helped Laolu Daranijo and Chris Donovan to become CAA Player of the Year recipients, the program's first and second to ever achieve the award, in addition to 12 All-CAA selections and two All-Region performers. Donovan was selected by the Columbus Crew in the MLS SuperDraft, becoming only the second player in program history to be drafted to the MLS. The Dragons achieved the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award in all three seasons and was the 2021 CAA Academic Team Award winner.


Before becoming the head coach at Drexel, Marchiano spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland for six seasons under head coach Steve Nichols. While at Loyola (MD), Marchiano was responsible for the day-to-day operations of training, scouting, and recruiting. Over his final four seasons with the Greyhounds, Marchiano helped lead the team to a 27-6-3 record in Patriot League matches. Loyola won or shared three straight regular-season titles from 2017-2019. During that historic stretch, the Greyhounds lost just five league matches over the course of three seasons. The team posted the biggest turnaround in Patriot League history, going from last place in 2015 (0-8-1) to second place in 2016 (6-1-2). In 2018 while an assistant at Loyola (MD), Marchiano was named one of the top assistant coaches in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.


The Greyhounds had a 41-23-7 record over Marchiano's last four seasons after compiling a 7-21-6 mark in his first two years. Loyola had won 10 or more matches in each of the last three seasons, the first time that has happened at the school since 2009, when the Greyhounds were a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Marchiano was also an integral part of the Loyola (MD) recruiting efforts. College Soccer News rated Loyola’s 2020 class as the 13th-best recruiting class in the nation. It was the first time a Loyola recruiting class was ever ranked by the publication.


Over Marchiano’s final four seasons, 32 players have earned All-Patriot League honors, including 15 first team selections and 12 second team picks. The Greyhounds have had the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and the Midfielder of the Year on three occasions each and have had three of the last four Patriot League Rookies of the Year. He assisted in the development of multiple All-Americans, a Scholar All-American and had two players selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.


Marchiano was an assistant coach for two seasons at Army West Point. In those seasons, Marchiano helped the Black Knights go from a 4-10-3 record in 2012 to a 12-3-3 mark and a second-place finish in 2013, their best season since 1996. Marchiano also spent two seasons as an assistant at Maryland. During those two seasons in College Park, the Terrapins compiled a 34-9-3 and made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Quarterfinals.


During the Fall of 2023, Marchiano led Loyola Blakefield HS to the first undefeated season in program history while capturing the MIAA Championship and finishing No. 9 nationally per United Soccer Coaches rankings. He was named MIAA and Maryland State Coach of the Year in addition to two players receiving All-American and All-Region status. Marchiano also serves as the Girls ECNL Technical Director for Pipeline Soccer Club.


In his playing days, Marchiano featured in 59 games at Maryland from 2005-08 under head coach Sasho Cirovski. A midfielder, Marchiano's teams were 68-18-8 and won a pair of NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2008. A two-time team captain, he was awarded the team's Peter Lowry Award as a senior, an honor given to the team member who exemplifies academic excellence, leadership and distinguished citizenship on campus.


Marchiano’s wife, Kelley, was also a member of the Terrapins Track & Field team. She holds multiple top-10 marks in program history including the tenth-fastest women’s outdoor 800m time (2:10.09), the sixth-fastest time as a member of the 4x800m relay (8:54.45), and the tenth-fastest time as a member of the Sprint Medley Relay (3:57.19).


A USSF A licensed coach, Marchiano is a native of Bel Air, Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2009 with a bachelor’s of arts degree in economics. Michael and Kelley have a daughter, Mila, and a son, Nico.

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Alex Shinsky

Alex Shinsky was announced as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach on Feb. 26, 2024 after previous stops in coaching and a professional career in the USL. Shinsky, a Maryland alum, was a member of three conference championship teams as a midfielder for the Maryland men's soccer program.


Shinsky most recently was a member of the coaching staff for the Temple men's soccer program, serving as assistant coach from 2019-22. While at Temple, Shinsky worked primarily with the midfielders, helping midfielder Jalen Campbell earn second-team All-AAC honors and freshman Nigel Griffith earn All-Rookie honors in 2020-21. Shinsky helped lead the Temple program to the second best offense in the conference with a scoring average of 1.55 as well as a third place finish in the American Conference in the 2020-21 season. Temple also had the second-most assist average in the conference during the season, finishing with 1.36 assist per game.


Before joining the staff at Temple, Shinsky spent two seasons on the staff for the Army Black Knights. Shinsky first served as volunteer assistant coach in 2017, before being promoted to assistant coach in 2018. Shinsky worked directly with an offense that ranked third in the Patriot League in shots (274) and first in shots on goal per game (6.12) in 2017.


During his playing career at Maryland, Shinsky was a part of a Terrapins team that won the 2014 Big Ten Championship and the 2013 and 2012 ACC Championships. Maryland also ended the 2013 season as the NCAA Division I national finalists, while participating in the NCAA College Cup during the 2014 and 2012 seasons as well. A midfielder, Shinsky captained the 2014 Big Ten Championship team and also earned First Team All-Big Ten honors during the season. Shinsky finished his Maryland career having played in 64 matches and 18 games started, two goals and nine assists. Following his playing career at Maryland, Shinsky was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and spent most of his professional career playing with Arizona United of the USL.


Before coming to Maryland, Shinsky was named TopDrawerSoccer.com's No. 1-rated recruit in 2011 and the No. 2-ranked recruit in the nation by College Soccer News. He also spent time with the U17 U.S. National Team, where he competed and scored a goal against Malawi in the FIFA U17 World Cup in Nigeria. In high school at West York Area, he was a Pennsylvania all-state selection all four years and a Senior Parade All-American from 2009-2011.


A four-year letter winner, Shinsky graduated from Maryland in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.

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Sara Butler

Sara Butler was announced as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach on May 14, 2024. Butler will join the Terrapins’ women’s soccer program as the team’s goalkeeper coach. Butler joins the staff from Saint Francis University, where she was previously the head coach for the Red Flash.


In the 2023 season, Butler became the fifth-fastest Saint Francis women’s soccer coach to reach 10 wins at the program. Butler accomplished the feat in just 31 games at the helm. In 2023, Butler coached Sarah McConnon to Second Team All-Northeast Conference selection after posting a career bests in goals against average (1.42) and save percentage (.788). In her first year as head coach at Saint Francis in 2022, Butler led the program to seven wins and an appearance in the NEC Tournament Quarterfinals.


Before becoming the head coach at Saint Francis, Butler was an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure for one season. In that one season, Butler coached an Atlantic-10 first-team performer, a second-team honoree and two All-Rookie team selections. Goalkeeper Chiara Gottinger led the Atlantic 10 and was sixth in the nation in saves (119) and earned A-10 All-Freshman team honors under Butler’s tutelage. Gottinger also led the A-10 in saves per game (6.26), while ranking second in the conference in save percentage (.832) and third in shutouts (six). Gottinger’s six shutouts tied the St. Bonaventure single-season shutouts record while her Goals Against Average of 1.19 stands second in program history. Saint Bonaventure registered its best winning percentage and first winning conference season since the 2013 campaign with a 7-8-4 overall record and 5-4-0 mark in the Atlantic-10.


Prior to her lone season at St. Bonaventure, Butler was an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky University. At EKU, Butler coached the first conference Freshman of the Year in program history in Nerea de Diego, who also garnered All-Atlantic Sun Second Team honors. EKU reached the four win plateau in the abbreviated 2020-21 season, which tied the team’s win total for the 2019 season despite playing eight fewer matches.


Before joining the staff at Eastern Kentucky, Butler was an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Houghton College in western New York. The Highlanders finished the 2019 season 8-7-2 and 3-3-1 in the Empire 8 Conference for its first winning season in three years. Butler coached one All-Empire 8 first-team selection and three honorable mentions.


During her playing career, Butler established a great resume while playing at Division III at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa., one of the top Division-III women's soccer programs in the country. As a senior in 2018, Butler was named a First Team All-American after logging more than 1,400 minutes, and making 25 saves while surrendering only five goals. A local product to Messiah College from nearby Dillsburg, Pa., she held a 17-1-2 record while completing seven shutouts and posting a 0.833 save percentage. Butler was the first All-America goalkeeper in Messiah history.


In her playing career, Butler played in 60 games, stopping 90 shots while only allowing 14 goals. Butler recorded 26 shutouts and a record of 36-4-4, while being a two-time first team All-Midwest Conference selection. Butler spent five years at Messiah College, where her teams finished with an impressive 106-6-12 record, which included finishes in the national Sweet 16 (2018), Elite Eight (2014 & 2017), Final Four (2015)

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